Combined fan and clothes-rack



- (No Model.)

W. S. SQUIRES.

COMBINED FAN AND. GLOTHESVRAUKY. No. 249,414. 4 Patented Nov. 8,4881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

COMBINED FAN AND CLOTHES-RACK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 249,414, dated November 8, 1881. Application filed September 1, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown thatLWINFIELD Scocrr S UIREs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ghillicothe, in the county of Livingston and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Fly-Brush and GlothesRack; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

, exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, and

to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification.

My invention relates to fly-brushes and fans;

and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, as willbe hereinafter mo'refully set forth.

The accompanying drawing fully illustrates my invention.

A represents the house-floor, upon which is secured the treadle-block andjourn aled treadle a, which consists of the foot-piece a and lever a the end of which is slotted, as shown.

Hinged or fastened and securely braced upon the floor A are the uprights B,,provided also with intermediate bracing-boards, b, as shown.

They have slots 11, through which pass screws 0 or other secu'ringdei ices, which firmly secure to the uprights the horizontal fan or brushframe 0, and allow it to be adjusted at any required height, as shown. Between the uprights maybe placed cross-bars b upon which clothes or other articles maybe hung, as convenience suggests.

G is the frame in which operates the fans or brushes. It consists of the slotted horizontal slides c, secured to the cross-bar '5, and the inside sliding frame, 0.

Operating in the slots d the guide-screws d, which secure the sliding frame within the slides, and fix it at any desired point upou'the slides a, as shown.

Hinged between the sides of the sliding frame 0 is the brush or fan 0. Secured to it is the rope f, which runs through the pulley 9, down the uprights,

spring 71/ in carrying the brush back to its normal position. i

It will be seen that other fans or brushes can be placed upon the frame 0 in the same manner as the brush e. An additional frame, 0, can be placed upon the opposite side of the uprights B, if desired.

I do not confine the construction of my device to the slides c, rigidly secured to the crossbar 1', but provide that hinges and suitable 6o WINFIELD s. sournns Witnesses:

FRANK SNYDER, A. S. C OUD.

of the slides a are 40 and through the pulley h, V and is secured in the slotted end of the lever 7 a as shown. Upon the upper'end of the brush isplaoed the weighth', which operates to aid the and clothes- 

